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Proceeding contribution from Yvette Cooper (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 June 2020. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Public Order.

I join all the Front Benchers in sending support and best wishes to all the police officers who have been

injured, and in their strong sense that violence by a minority is always unacceptable and helps no one. There is a responsibility on us all to ensure that this does not prevent us from coming together to respond to the strong demands for action against racism and injustice across the country.

In that spirit, the Home Secretary will know that the Home Affairs Committee is conducting an inquiry into policing, two decades on from the Macpherson report. Next week, we will look at reports that covid-19 enforcement fines may have been disproportionately applied to BME communities. Has she looked at that, and what has she found? Will she provide for the Committee a list of all the practical steps that she and the Home Office are now taking to tackle injustice and racism?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
677 cc45-6 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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